that god can't be taught in school... well in PA anyway.i love what the judge(jones) had to say (a republican christian no less)
Jones decried the “breathtaking inanity”
&
"(intelligent design)presents students with a religious alternative masquerading as a scientific theory, directs them to consult a creationist text as though it were a science resource and instructs students to forgo scientific inquiry in the public school classroom and instead to seek out religious instruction elsewhere."
&
In his ruling, Jones said that while intelligent design, or ID, arguments “may be true, a proposition on which the court takes no position, ID is not science.” Among other things, he said intelligent design “violates the centuries-old ground rules of science by invoking and permitting supernatural causation”; it relies on “flawed and illogical” arguments.
and did the proponents of (un)intelligent design take it well, no the main party (dover) had this to say:
“I’m still waiting for a judge or anyone to show me anywhere in the Constitution where there’s a separation of church and state,” he said. “We didn’t lose; we were robbed.”
well sir though technically right, the constitution also doesn't say 'right to a fair trial' so you can blame it on that....
December 21, 2005
December 01, 2005
October 04, 2005
We're All Monkeys!
So here’s another evolution vs. (un)intelligent design post. Now I know that no moron in support of teaching (un)intelligent design is going to read this post & come around to a sensible way of looking at things. By the very act of believing, in (un)intelligent design, it shows that they do not have the capacity to reason much higher than the apes. (that we descended from by the by.)
So first we’ll look at what a theory is in the scientific realm;
‘A theory is an established paradigm that explains all or much of the data we have and offers valid predictions that can be tested. In science, a theory is never considered fact or infallible, because we can never assume we know all there is to know. Instead, theories remain standing until they are disproven, at which point they are thrown out altogether or modified to fit the additional data.’
Evolution is the only theory that fits all the information that we have. It is a theory that is not fully complete, thus not yet scientific law, but it is on par with the theory of relativity for reliability (maybe even more so, it’s had an extra 50 years of refinement). However everything about the theory fits neatly within all of the data. Almost every single day we humans come up with new data & knowledge and ALL of it point to evolution. There is not one bit of data that makes evolution an invalid theory. Every day that we unravel another genome, breed a new funky mouse, discover some new variation of life, it all makes the theory of evolution stronger.
(and for any of you fucking monkeys out there who think ‘well, it just doesn’t make sense to me’. It doesn’t have to make sense to you, if all of the scientific theories had to ‘make sense’ to you then we still wouldn’t have figured out to bang the fucking rocks together.)
(un)intelligent design does not fit any data. There is not a single set of datum which points toward ‘a guiding hand’ in life. (un)intelligent design is just fucking hope & a smile, hope you didn’t blink because if you did you missed our ‘proof’.
Well, here it is, the (un)intelligent design proof;
‘well, it makes sense, I mean come on guys, there’s just no way something as complex as me could be made any way other than by god, oops, I meant (un)intelligent design!’
(hey monkey-boy, this seems a bit vain & prideful? Aren’t those sins? You ignorant fuck!)
But there is one thing on sciences side (not including some of the best minds this world has ever known, facts, reality, et al.), there is a legal definition of what constitutes science here america:
1)The theoretical underpinnings of the methods must yield testable predictions by means of which the theory could be falsified.
2)The methods should preferably be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
3)There should be a known rate of error that can be used in evaluating the results.
4)The methods should be generally accepted within the relevant scientific community.
Hmmmm…….looks like (un)intelligent design doesn’t stand up to a single one of them, so if it can’t stand up to any of the criteria for what makes science, then why should it be taught in science class?
Should we teach about the ‘ether’ & how fire is made because of phlogiston as well?
So please, for love of the (un)intelligent designer, shut up, go home.
You’re going to lose, don’t waste my tax money on lengthy trials that only prove you’re an idiot.
FUCKING!
MONKEY!
-De
So first we’ll look at what a theory is in the scientific realm;
‘A theory is an established paradigm that explains all or much of the data we have and offers valid predictions that can be tested. In science, a theory is never considered fact or infallible, because we can never assume we know all there is to know. Instead, theories remain standing until they are disproven, at which point they are thrown out altogether or modified to fit the additional data.’
Evolution is the only theory that fits all the information that we have. It is a theory that is not fully complete, thus not yet scientific law, but it is on par with the theory of relativity for reliability (maybe even more so, it’s had an extra 50 years of refinement). However everything about the theory fits neatly within all of the data. Almost every single day we humans come up with new data & knowledge and ALL of it point to evolution. There is not one bit of data that makes evolution an invalid theory. Every day that we unravel another genome, breed a new funky mouse, discover some new variation of life, it all makes the theory of evolution stronger.
(and for any of you fucking monkeys out there who think ‘well, it just doesn’t make sense to me’. It doesn’t have to make sense to you, if all of the scientific theories had to ‘make sense’ to you then we still wouldn’t have figured out to bang the fucking rocks together.)
(un)intelligent design does not fit any data. There is not a single set of datum which points toward ‘a guiding hand’ in life. (un)intelligent design is just fucking hope & a smile, hope you didn’t blink because if you did you missed our ‘proof’.
Well, here it is, the (un)intelligent design proof;
‘well, it makes sense, I mean come on guys, there’s just no way something as complex as me could be made any way other than by god, oops, I meant (un)intelligent design!’
(hey monkey-boy, this seems a bit vain & prideful? Aren’t those sins? You ignorant fuck!)
But there is one thing on sciences side (not including some of the best minds this world has ever known, facts, reality, et al.), there is a legal definition of what constitutes science here america:
1)The theoretical underpinnings of the methods must yield testable predictions by means of which the theory could be falsified.
2)The methods should preferably be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
3)There should be a known rate of error that can be used in evaluating the results.
4)The methods should be generally accepted within the relevant scientific community.
Hmmmm…….looks like (un)intelligent design doesn’t stand up to a single one of them, so if it can’t stand up to any of the criteria for what makes science, then why should it be taught in science class?
Should we teach about the ‘ether’ & how fire is made because of phlogiston as well?
So please, for love of the (un)intelligent designer, shut up, go home.
You’re going to lose, don’t waste my tax money on lengthy trials that only prove you’re an idiot.
FUCKING!
MONKEY!
-De
September 22, 2005
Oust the Bastards
So many things have been altered in the wake of Katrina, one of them is the tens of thousands of displaced families. As these families move to new areas at the start of the school year they’ll be enrolling their children in new school districts. I was listening to NPR the other day and they were doing a short about how this was going to affect already under funded schools. They then went on to say ‘under funded schools are primarily in rural and urban areas.’
So what I want to know is what schools are not under funded?
Some people have noted that possibly the ‘suburbs’ are the only area with good schools, however the federal funding program does not have such a designation. There are only urban & rural areas. (specifically referred to as metropolitan & non-metropolitan counties).
So as near as I can figure, correct me if I’m wrong, if neither metro & non-metro areas are receiving proper educational funding, then doesn’t that mean that basically no one is getting a good education? I think it’s interesting (in a morbidly fascinating sort of way) that our politicians love to restrict so many of our freedoms under the guise of ‘it’s for the children’, yet they seem utterly unable to proactively educate these children. To me it seems much more valuable to teach a child basic math & reading than to ban HBO from having swearing & violence.
Somehow, no matter how much lip service the politico pays to the need to educate our young, I don’t believe they mean it. For if all americans were properly educated (especially the poor) then the ad machines the politicians use wouldn’t fool people. Politicians would need to be more honest, be held accountable, in essence they would lose their modern aristocracy. If you don’t think a modern aristocracy exists, then explain the bushes & kennedys. & those are just the big 2 families, our royalty.
A better educated public would demand higher standards from their politicians. The current administration realizes obtaining these standards would be detrimental to them. They realize that what is good for the public, and even the future of this nation, is not good for them. And so they have slowly been eroding the education system, knowing that as america becomes dumber their positions become more secure & richer, with less accountability.
Now is this a concerted, sinister conspiracy by this nations politicians? Probably not, but the politicians are taking advantage of america’s sad state of ignorance, and the measures they are taking to teach the next generation are filled with more photo-ops than teachers.
But they tell me it’s for the children.
-De
So what I want to know is what schools are not under funded?
Some people have noted that possibly the ‘suburbs’ are the only area with good schools, however the federal funding program does not have such a designation. There are only urban & rural areas. (specifically referred to as metropolitan & non-metropolitan counties).
So as near as I can figure, correct me if I’m wrong, if neither metro & non-metro areas are receiving proper educational funding, then doesn’t that mean that basically no one is getting a good education? I think it’s interesting (in a morbidly fascinating sort of way) that our politicians love to restrict so many of our freedoms under the guise of ‘it’s for the children’, yet they seem utterly unable to proactively educate these children. To me it seems much more valuable to teach a child basic math & reading than to ban HBO from having swearing & violence.
Somehow, no matter how much lip service the politico pays to the need to educate our young, I don’t believe they mean it. For if all americans were properly educated (especially the poor) then the ad machines the politicians use wouldn’t fool people. Politicians would need to be more honest, be held accountable, in essence they would lose their modern aristocracy. If you don’t think a modern aristocracy exists, then explain the bushes & kennedys. & those are just the big 2 families, our royalty.
A better educated public would demand higher standards from their politicians. The current administration realizes obtaining these standards would be detrimental to them. They realize that what is good for the public, and even the future of this nation, is not good for them. And so they have slowly been eroding the education system, knowing that as america becomes dumber their positions become more secure & richer, with less accountability.
Now is this a concerted, sinister conspiracy by this nations politicians? Probably not, but the politicians are taking advantage of america’s sad state of ignorance, and the measures they are taking to teach the next generation are filled with more photo-ops than teachers.
But they tell me it’s for the children.
-De
September 15, 2005
Another Katrina Post
Sorry. Got to do it.
I was lucky enough to have visited New Orleans before it sank. And I’m glad. I wanted to move to New Orleans after I visited, and I’ve always wanted to move there since, but never let myself.
New Orleans was a city forever on the edge of it’s own destruction. Many of it’s people seemed to live with a frantic air about them, as if they knew that any day a Katrina could swoop in a wipe it all away.
It was the masochist of cities.
Drinking itself to death every night, only to wake bleary eyed the next afternoon the hangover preventing it from dealing with the heat, so it would wait for the night once again.
It was the wonton hedonist of cities.
breasts flashing everywhere, public lewdness was good fun. It was living the fantasies that most can only dream about.
It was the freak of cities.
Sporting the wildest of fashions & hairstyles, every day was a new look for it, & every look it pulled off.
It was the musician of cities.
With a passion for music that only can come from a true love of music.
It was the chef of cities.
Mixing their spices with the flair that only a true artist can do.
It was the street performer.
It was the entertainer.
It was the friend who lived every second of their life to the fullest.
The one you are better off financially than yet you secretly envy their spirit & wish you could be that care free.
I’ll miss the old New Orleans, but hope it’ll be reborn just as vibrant & full of life.
-De
I was lucky enough to have visited New Orleans before it sank. And I’m glad. I wanted to move to New Orleans after I visited, and I’ve always wanted to move there since, but never let myself.
New Orleans was a city forever on the edge of it’s own destruction. Many of it’s people seemed to live with a frantic air about them, as if they knew that any day a Katrina could swoop in a wipe it all away.
It was the masochist of cities.
Drinking itself to death every night, only to wake bleary eyed the next afternoon the hangover preventing it from dealing with the heat, so it would wait for the night once again.
It was the wonton hedonist of cities.
breasts flashing everywhere, public lewdness was good fun. It was living the fantasies that most can only dream about.
It was the freak of cities.
Sporting the wildest of fashions & hairstyles, every day was a new look for it, & every look it pulled off.
It was the musician of cities.
With a passion for music that only can come from a true love of music.
It was the chef of cities.
Mixing their spices with the flair that only a true artist can do.
It was the street performer.
It was the entertainer.
It was the friend who lived every second of their life to the fullest.
The one you are better off financially than yet you secretly envy their spirit & wish you could be that care free.
I’ll miss the old New Orleans, but hope it’ll be reborn just as vibrant & full of life.
-De
September 13, 2005
Stronger than a speeding bullet...
Well, it’s been awhile, 2 months 2 days in fact.
Why haven’t I been here blogging faithfully?
Why haven’t I been chugging out the words for all of your eager eyes to consume?
I understand that without my words, a shining beacon guiding you to salvation, then you are lost.
And so you have been my faithful Fridays, but worry no longer I have returned from my leap into the void, and as proof to my steadfastness I am neither stronger nor wiser, merely older.
Anyway.
Things are going on, and I shall endeavor to shout against human stupidity once again.
-De
Why haven’t I been here blogging faithfully?
Why haven’t I been chugging out the words for all of your eager eyes to consume?
I understand that without my words, a shining beacon guiding you to salvation, then you are lost.
And so you have been my faithful Fridays, but worry no longer I have returned from my leap into the void, and as proof to my steadfastness I am neither stronger nor wiser, merely older.
Anyway.
Things are going on, and I shall endeavor to shout against human stupidity once again.
-De
July 11, 2005
Hope, Compassion & Bullets
Bush said in his remarks on the London bombings. "We will find them. We will bring them to justice. And at the same time we will spread an ideology of hope and compassion that will overwhelm their ideology of hate.”
All I can think of, when I read this quote, is bush sitting in the oval office carving the words ‘hope’ & ‘compassion’ on bullets to be sent to afghanistan & iraq. He’s thinking to himself ‘job well done’ smiling proudly.
Honestly, we’re fighting terrorism with hope & compassion? So that detention center in cuba has nightly sing-a-longs? Do They roast marshmallows & talk about their troubled up-bringings? Or how about that little Abu Ghraib fiasco? Were those just ‘trust exercises’ that got confused because of a cultural differences?
Last I knew we were trying to fight terrorism with guns & bombs. Those aren’t even anagrams for hope & compassion.
So in an open statement to bush….
Bush, please don’t be a fucking jackass. Hope & compassion don’t kill & torture people, and by all rights right now, americans do. So shut the fuck up.
ah well
-De
All I can think of, when I read this quote, is bush sitting in the oval office carving the words ‘hope’ & ‘compassion’ on bullets to be sent to afghanistan & iraq. He’s thinking to himself ‘job well done’ smiling proudly.
Honestly, we’re fighting terrorism with hope & compassion? So that detention center in cuba has nightly sing-a-longs? Do They roast marshmallows & talk about their troubled up-bringings? Or how about that little Abu Ghraib fiasco? Were those just ‘trust exercises’ that got confused because of a cultural differences?
Last I knew we were trying to fight terrorism with guns & bombs. Those aren’t even anagrams for hope & compassion.
So in an open statement to bush….
Bush, please don’t be a fucking jackass. Hope & compassion don’t kill & torture people, and by all rights right now, americans do. So shut the fuck up.
ah well
-De
July 07, 2005
Help, I'm being Opressed.
Writing has become difficult.
I’ve been wanting to blog lately, but just haven’t been able. I’ve been wondering why, there are plenty of things going wrong in this great nation of ours, and abroad, that piss me off. Too many things in fact. Never in my life have I seen america filled with so much oppression of mind. We are allowed to say what we want (mostly), but every day it seems there is some new legislation regulating the world. Porn being over-regulated on the net, Kansas arguing against evolution, and ‘winning’, artists arrested for terrorism, property legally stolen for private enterprise. And it doesn’t stop there, the list goes on.
Too many things weighing on my mind, and I’m realizing I feel oppressed. I’m a fairly law abiding citizen, yet I live in more fear of my own government than I do of terrorists. If I were the worrying type I’d be worried that one day I’d wake up in jail for thinking the wrong thought.
Our freedoms are consistently being eroded, but what can I really do?
Protest? Done that, to no real avail.
Boycott stores that I don’t agree with their policies? wal*mart doesn’t seem to care.
Vote for someone better? Done that, and realizing that voting doesn't work.
Recycle? Do it, bums get some change from that, better than nothing.
Fight back? Love to, but against who?
The christians up the street?
My republican neighbors?
The army, navy, air force & marines?
The police?
My boss?
The ceo of my company?
The ceo of any company?
Get real, fighting any of these groups seems fairly pointless, it’ll change nothing, or, make me them, only from beyond the looking glass.
Ministry sums it up best, we're in ‘the land of rape & honey’
So fuck ‘em
-De
I’ve been wanting to blog lately, but just haven’t been able. I’ve been wondering why, there are plenty of things going wrong in this great nation of ours, and abroad, that piss me off. Too many things in fact. Never in my life have I seen america filled with so much oppression of mind. We are allowed to say what we want (mostly), but every day it seems there is some new legislation regulating the world. Porn being over-regulated on the net, Kansas arguing against evolution, and ‘winning’, artists arrested for terrorism, property legally stolen for private enterprise. And it doesn’t stop there, the list goes on.
Too many things weighing on my mind, and I’m realizing I feel oppressed. I’m a fairly law abiding citizen, yet I live in more fear of my own government than I do of terrorists. If I were the worrying type I’d be worried that one day I’d wake up in jail for thinking the wrong thought.
Our freedoms are consistently being eroded, but what can I really do?
Protest? Done that, to no real avail.
Boycott stores that I don’t agree with their policies? wal*mart doesn’t seem to care.
Vote for someone better? Done that, and realizing that voting doesn't work.
Recycle? Do it, bums get some change from that, better than nothing.
Fight back? Love to, but against who?
The christians up the street?
My republican neighbors?
The army, navy, air force & marines?
The police?
My boss?
The ceo of my company?
The ceo of any company?
Get real, fighting any of these groups seems fairly pointless, it’ll change nothing, or, make me them, only from beyond the looking glass.
Ministry sums it up best, we're in ‘the land of rape & honey’
So fuck ‘em
-De
June 15, 2005
Just Complaining
So this is just a blatant bitch.
I know this chick, and I was thrown into the unfortunate situation where I actually had the displeasure of having to talk to her the other day. She’s a fairly attractive individual, so long as she doesn’t open her mouth. And it’s not that she has an unpleasant voice either, it is that she is unbearably stupid.
But what makes it worse is she is a college graduate, looking to go into grad school, and there are several species of bats that have higher evolved intellects than this girl.
So anyway she was studying for a test, the math test you need to get into grad school. And she asks a question aloud ‘what the hell is a prime number?’.
I should have ignored it. But math is an interest of mine, and I like to be helpful.
‘a prime is any number that can only be divided by itself & one.’ I supplied helpfully.
(for those who don’t know me it might be helpful to add I have green hair as I think it was a factor in her responses)
She gave me a look, like a monkey had learned to talk. And then proceeded to ask someone else, who said the same thing I did.
Now that is pretty insulting, but I figure what the hell.
So out of some desire to be nice I ask what she got her degree in.
‘economics’ she says.
Well now I’m kinda confused, I mean I always assumed economics would require some sort of math competency, so I asked her about what kind of math she had to take for that major.
‘well,’ she says ‘we deal with formulas.’
I’m thinking to myself ‘no fucking shit? I recently heard the English language dealt with words, but I can’t be fucking sure!’
But I say ‘umm, well, yes, but what sort of formulas?’ I genuinely want to know out of curiosity for the field of economics, not interest in this vapid waste of space.
‘it’s kind of complicated’ she says looking at me like I’d never be able to comprehend anything that had to do with higher education, ‘it deals with slopes & stuff.’
again I’m thinking ‘no way, really? Next you’ll be telling me the English language uses nouns!’
at this point I’m annoyed, so I retort ‘most formulas involve things like slopes, I was wondering what sort of math background was required for economics, I was a math major so I’m curious about these sort of things.'
She finally catches on to what I’m asking, and that I’ll understand the answer.
Now this was an odd sensation, I’ve never actually talked to someone who assumed I was ignorant based upon a physical characteristic. Even odder for it to come from one of the dumbest people I’ve met. I weep for the university system that decided that her mind was of a high enough caliber to be considered ‘educated’
Mostly I was annoyed that she could afford college when smart folk everywhere can’t.
Fuck it
-De
I know this chick, and I was thrown into the unfortunate situation where I actually had the displeasure of having to talk to her the other day. She’s a fairly attractive individual, so long as she doesn’t open her mouth. And it’s not that she has an unpleasant voice either, it is that she is unbearably stupid.
But what makes it worse is she is a college graduate, looking to go into grad school, and there are several species of bats that have higher evolved intellects than this girl.
So anyway she was studying for a test, the math test you need to get into grad school. And she asks a question aloud ‘what the hell is a prime number?’.
I should have ignored it. But math is an interest of mine, and I like to be helpful.
‘a prime is any number that can only be divided by itself & one.’ I supplied helpfully.
(for those who don’t know me it might be helpful to add I have green hair as I think it was a factor in her responses)
She gave me a look, like a monkey had learned to talk. And then proceeded to ask someone else, who said the same thing I did.
Now that is pretty insulting, but I figure what the hell.
So out of some desire to be nice I ask what she got her degree in.
‘economics’ she says.
Well now I’m kinda confused, I mean I always assumed economics would require some sort of math competency, so I asked her about what kind of math she had to take for that major.
‘well,’ she says ‘we deal with formulas.’
I’m thinking to myself ‘no fucking shit? I recently heard the English language dealt with words, but I can’t be fucking sure!’
But I say ‘umm, well, yes, but what sort of formulas?’ I genuinely want to know out of curiosity for the field of economics, not interest in this vapid waste of space.
‘it’s kind of complicated’ she says looking at me like I’d never be able to comprehend anything that had to do with higher education, ‘it deals with slopes & stuff.’
again I’m thinking ‘no way, really? Next you’ll be telling me the English language uses nouns!’
at this point I’m annoyed, so I retort ‘most formulas involve things like slopes, I was wondering what sort of math background was required for economics, I was a math major so I’m curious about these sort of things.'
She finally catches on to what I’m asking, and that I’ll understand the answer.
Now this was an odd sensation, I’ve never actually talked to someone who assumed I was ignorant based upon a physical characteristic. Even odder for it to come from one of the dumbest people I’ve met. I weep for the university system that decided that her mind was of a high enough caliber to be considered ‘educated’
Mostly I was annoyed that she could afford college when smart folk everywhere can’t.
Fuck it
-De
June 14, 2005
Shut Me Up...
Haven’t been posting lately, why?
the pointlessness of existence has been weighing me down.
I’m phenomenally frustrated with my life & my country.
Why do you ask? (I can sense your suspense from here.)
I could point to the weather, it’s sucked around here pretty regularly for the past 2 months. Or, I could point to never having enough money to do as much as I’d like to do.
Or I could point to the impotence I feel as this country(and world) goes right straight to hell.
We are no longer a nation of the proud, the strong. Now we are a nation of victims, weak and pathetic. Yet at the same time we are a bully in the world field. Americans would rather sue someone than own up to their own mistakes. We are regressing into an adolescent nation. We are spoiled rich bastard children, wanting everything handed to us, not understanding that things need to be earned.
Yet at the same time there are quiet multitudes who do just that. They work hard, only to get fucked by some asshole who would rather take the quick handout, demanding ‘their right’ while taking what has been earned from those who have earned it.
We’re, as a nation, forgetting what the true freedoms are, the ones that really matter. Being able to get something super-sized is not a freedom our forefathers fought for. Being able to speak your mind in public is. But now we have segregated ‘free speech zones’ at any function that may be controversial and have protesting. Last time I checked, I thought we were supposed to have 50 full states which were considered ‘free speech zones’. But apparently I was mistaken.
And I don’t think Jefferson penned the bill of rights with the right to sue someone who ‘made my coffee too hot’ in mind. But I’m pretty sure he was serious about that protection from ‘unreasonable search & seizure’ bit.
And I feel like we are entering into a new epoch of religious fervor, where logic & protection from the bigotry, that swarms around religious institutions like flies around a bloated carcass, are becoming luxuries of the past. But hey, why should I complain? We got a few good centuries, out of the whole of human existence, relatively free from assholes who feel it is their ‘god given right’ to dictate how you and I HAVE to live our daily lives. Maybe nazi’s will be back in vogue soon too.
And every day I hear about another environmental horror visited upon this nice little bit of fluff. And watch as our great leader, with his ‘mandate’, sits back to take a bold lead of indifference, or better yet, proactively helping with the destruction of all other life on earth.
6+ billion of us fuckers are crawling around on this ever depreciating pile of dirt, spreading our noxious disease, and making sure no territory goes unmarked by our filth. And I’d be lying if I said I did much myself to make things better.
But, I’m impotent. Erectile dysfunction of the progressive action. Like my fellow americans I’ve mastered the art of turning a blind eye to the bigger picture, wrapping our heads in a fuzzy blanket of the mundane. Blowing up our personal drama, as if they actually matter. Maybe it’s a defense mechanism, maybe it’s just not possible for someone to try & comprehend just how fucked up this world really is.
Oh, and I know what I could do and just how fucking futile it is.
-De
the pointlessness of existence has been weighing me down.
I’m phenomenally frustrated with my life & my country.
Why do you ask? (I can sense your suspense from here.)
I could point to the weather, it’s sucked around here pretty regularly for the past 2 months. Or, I could point to never having enough money to do as much as I’d like to do.
Or I could point to the impotence I feel as this country(and world) goes right straight to hell.
We are no longer a nation of the proud, the strong. Now we are a nation of victims, weak and pathetic. Yet at the same time we are a bully in the world field. Americans would rather sue someone than own up to their own mistakes. We are regressing into an adolescent nation. We are spoiled rich bastard children, wanting everything handed to us, not understanding that things need to be earned.
Yet at the same time there are quiet multitudes who do just that. They work hard, only to get fucked by some asshole who would rather take the quick handout, demanding ‘their right’ while taking what has been earned from those who have earned it.
We’re, as a nation, forgetting what the true freedoms are, the ones that really matter. Being able to get something super-sized is not a freedom our forefathers fought for. Being able to speak your mind in public is. But now we have segregated ‘free speech zones’ at any function that may be controversial and have protesting. Last time I checked, I thought we were supposed to have 50 full states which were considered ‘free speech zones’. But apparently I was mistaken.
And I don’t think Jefferson penned the bill of rights with the right to sue someone who ‘made my coffee too hot’ in mind. But I’m pretty sure he was serious about that protection from ‘unreasonable search & seizure’ bit.
And I feel like we are entering into a new epoch of religious fervor, where logic & protection from the bigotry, that swarms around religious institutions like flies around a bloated carcass, are becoming luxuries of the past. But hey, why should I complain? We got a few good centuries, out of the whole of human existence, relatively free from assholes who feel it is their ‘god given right’ to dictate how you and I HAVE to live our daily lives. Maybe nazi’s will be back in vogue soon too.
And every day I hear about another environmental horror visited upon this nice little bit of fluff. And watch as our great leader, with his ‘mandate’, sits back to take a bold lead of indifference, or better yet, proactively helping with the destruction of all other life on earth.
6+ billion of us fuckers are crawling around on this ever depreciating pile of dirt, spreading our noxious disease, and making sure no territory goes unmarked by our filth. And I’d be lying if I said I did much myself to make things better.
But, I’m impotent. Erectile dysfunction of the progressive action. Like my fellow americans I’ve mastered the art of turning a blind eye to the bigger picture, wrapping our heads in a fuzzy blanket of the mundane. Blowing up our personal drama, as if they actually matter. Maybe it’s a defense mechanism, maybe it’s just not possible for someone to try & comprehend just how fucked up this world really is.
Oh, and I know what I could do and just how fucking futile it is.
-De
May 25, 2005
Hot Topic Killed the Subculture Star
I hate ‘the mainstream’.
Not necessarily for the products it produces, but for what it represents. It represents mediocrity in arts, one of the areas it is most desirable to have creativity & difference. (well I hate most of the products as well.) the problem is ‘the mainstream’ is backed by big bucks, big bucks that realize that ‘youth movement’ & ‘underground cultures’ can grow quickly. So, if they want to make the $ then they have to have the goods for these up & coming creative movements.
Look at all the money lost by letting hippies make their own tie-dye for so long. So along comes ‘hot topic’ or other chain store that feeds upon these sub-cultures. But by making the nick-nacks & doo-dads of an up & coming subculture available, coast to coast, from day one, they rob the creativity from the movement.
By this I mean that a sub-culture gains its identity not by where the people shop, but by the energy people put into creating ‘the looks & the lifestyle’. By making the looks & lifestyle pre packaged off the shelf in cookie cutter molds, it reduces the drive for people to create their own unique styles within that culture.
Now one could say that ‘no, it gives people more time to focus that creativity elsewhere!’
And one would be wrong.
creativity, like anything else needs to be practiced. A simple thing like making a tie-dye shirt starts the creative process. Then you start hanging out with people who have made similar items of adornment. In doing this you start to talk about what you all have created. Ideas start to be shared back & forth and the next time you make something it is greater than the first.
Through this growing & changing the various subcultures are formed & can become something large. As the creativity grows & feeds upon itself artists & musicians start to come together. All striving to be creative above & beyond an already creative subculture.
They want to impress people, people who they are creatively impressed by.
Ta-da quality entertainment, great looks, amazing art, it all becomes the norm. because someone made a t-shirt. Or spiked collar. Or whatever accoutrement fits that particular sub genre.
Now the problem enters when a corporation comes in and realizes that one of these groups are forming. And they mass market things that appeal to these groups, before the groups have time to mature on their own. This stunts the creative growth of the community, so the music, styles & art never have a chance to mature, they remain at a sophomoric stage. Which is fine, when you are a sophomore.
Now I realize that the corporations are not going to get the hell out of anything that makes money. So how does creativity get cultivated on a mass scale in today’s world?
anyone? anyone?
ah well..
-De
Not necessarily for the products it produces, but for what it represents. It represents mediocrity in arts, one of the areas it is most desirable to have creativity & difference. (well I hate most of the products as well.) the problem is ‘the mainstream’ is backed by big bucks, big bucks that realize that ‘youth movement’ & ‘underground cultures’ can grow quickly. So, if they want to make the $ then they have to have the goods for these up & coming creative movements.
Look at all the money lost by letting hippies make their own tie-dye for so long. So along comes ‘hot topic’ or other chain store that feeds upon these sub-cultures. But by making the nick-nacks & doo-dads of an up & coming subculture available, coast to coast, from day one, they rob the creativity from the movement.
By this I mean that a sub-culture gains its identity not by where the people shop, but by the energy people put into creating ‘the looks & the lifestyle’. By making the looks & lifestyle pre packaged off the shelf in cookie cutter molds, it reduces the drive for people to create their own unique styles within that culture.
Now one could say that ‘no, it gives people more time to focus that creativity elsewhere!’
And one would be wrong.
creativity, like anything else needs to be practiced. A simple thing like making a tie-dye shirt starts the creative process. Then you start hanging out with people who have made similar items of adornment. In doing this you start to talk about what you all have created. Ideas start to be shared back & forth and the next time you make something it is greater than the first.
Through this growing & changing the various subcultures are formed & can become something large. As the creativity grows & feeds upon itself artists & musicians start to come together. All striving to be creative above & beyond an already creative subculture.
They want to impress people, people who they are creatively impressed by.
Ta-da quality entertainment, great looks, amazing art, it all becomes the norm. because someone made a t-shirt. Or spiked collar. Or whatever accoutrement fits that particular sub genre.
Now the problem enters when a corporation comes in and realizes that one of these groups are forming. And they mass market things that appeal to these groups, before the groups have time to mature on their own. This stunts the creative growth of the community, so the music, styles & art never have a chance to mature, they remain at a sophomoric stage. Which is fine, when you are a sophomore.
Now I realize that the corporations are not going to get the hell out of anything that makes money. So how does creativity get cultivated on a mass scale in today’s world?
anyone? anyone?
ah well..
-De
May 19, 2005
Who is this God Guy Anyway?
So it’s the 25th anniversary of Mt. St. Helens blowing its top. And here’s what was said at a commemorative ceremony:
"We commemorate the 25th anniversary of an act of God, and we remember those who died," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns told visitors.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t we know for quite some time that volcanoes are not god jizzing on us? I mean at least have the decency to say it was due to ‘intelligent design.’
It certainly didn’t happen due to anything like, oh, I don’t know, plate tectonics.
That smacks of science, and, as we all know science is bad.
I really don’t like the whole ‘act of god’ being used to describe natural phenomena. Hell, insurance won’t cover certain ‘acts of god.’
As far as I’m concerned they may as well be saying ‘acts of boogiemen’ are not covered.
And another thing, if Mt. St. Helens blowing its top really was an ‘act of god,’ then wouldn’t it be blasphemy to hold a commemoration of the people he struck down with fiery vengeance? Wouldn’t we all by risking his wrath by being ‘saddened’ by the loss of these obvious heretics?
So either it wasn’t an ‘act of god’, some stupid people died because they refused get out from under an erupting volcano.
Or it was an ‘act of god’ and they were evil, so god gave them a redeye straight to hell.
Either way I’m glad they’re out of the gene pool. Which has nothing to do with where I started.
Fuck it.
-De
"We commemorate the 25th anniversary of an act of God, and we remember those who died," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns told visitors.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t we know for quite some time that volcanoes are not god jizzing on us? I mean at least have the decency to say it was due to ‘intelligent design.’
It certainly didn’t happen due to anything like, oh, I don’t know, plate tectonics.
That smacks of science, and, as we all know science is bad.
I really don’t like the whole ‘act of god’ being used to describe natural phenomena. Hell, insurance won’t cover certain ‘acts of god.’
As far as I’m concerned they may as well be saying ‘acts of boogiemen’ are not covered.
And another thing, if Mt. St. Helens blowing its top really was an ‘act of god,’ then wouldn’t it be blasphemy to hold a commemoration of the people he struck down with fiery vengeance? Wouldn’t we all by risking his wrath by being ‘saddened’ by the loss of these obvious heretics?
So either it wasn’t an ‘act of god’, some stupid people died because they refused get out from under an erupting volcano.
Or it was an ‘act of god’ and they were evil, so god gave them a redeye straight to hell.
Either way I’m glad they’re out of the gene pool. Which has nothing to do with where I started.
Fuck it.
-De
May 18, 2005
Uninspired
Inspiration is an odd thing. Sometimes, like today, I’m thoroughly uninspired. Nothing at all today has caught my fancy, irritated me, or even mildly amused me. And for some reason my mind doesn’t feel like having any real thoughts. The only reason I’m even commenting upon this is I want to stay in the habit of writing in this nether void. It leads me to wonder at what the hell inspiration is. What causes the desire in some to create something? I know, one of the oldest questions mankind has. So I sure as hell am not going to come up with an answer, especially when I’m this thoroughly apathetic to my entire surrounds.
Ah well.
Fuck it.
-De
Ah well.
Fuck it.
-De
May 17, 2005
Then I Remember, I Do Hate the World
Ok, so I found yet another human stupidity that bugs the living fuck out of me. But, some brief background first.
I was looking around amazon for some new reading material, nothing heavy, just some light fluffy, but enjoyable sci-fi/fantasy. I usually will go through the ‘others bought’ and read the synopsis & a couple good reviews & a couple bad reviews, just to see if it seems to be up my alley. So I stumble across this one review, the book received a rather low score for a popular author in the genre, so I was kinda curious as to why & was perusing away.
Anywho, I get to this one review, where the guy writes this tripe:
“How dare u people call ur selves XXXXX fans then bag out his latest book?!? Sure, it is not his greatest, but it is by XXXXX, and that counts for something. For goodness sake, it's a book one and setting up the storey for the next book. And enjoyable read for XXXXX fans, (if u dare call ur self that) and enjoyable read for those how are starting XXXXX, but this would not be the best book to start on. Sure, he repeats himself a little with storey line and all, but the characters are likeable and for goodness sake........IT'S BY XXXXX WHICH MAKES IT A DAMN FINE BOOK!!!”
now aside from the obvious conflict, having piss-poor grammar in a literary review, his only real argument for the book being good is that he is a fan of the author. Like there is some unwritten rule that in order to be a fan of something you give up the right to ever look at their work critically.
Hell, from that perspective, if you were a true fan of baskin-robins, then you would have to like every flavor ever made, or yet to come.
"HEY KIDS! New poop flavored ice cream, you’ve gotta like it cause you’re a fan of ice cream!!!"
Anyway the whole thing just bothered me so, I thought that I would share my ire.
And speaking of ire, this one is from a corporate stupidity; I went to my local grocery store for lunch today, and saw a big fucking sign on all their doors:
“You are now entering a gimmick-free zone.”
Now this one really pissed me off, especially being one that hates gimmicks. They are one of the lowest forms of advertising, glitz & flash used to sell inferior products to the bovine masses.
(the bovine masses piss me off for not demanding that more eloquent forms of advertising evolve. I still wouldn’t like advertising but at least it might be more entertaining.)
anyway, this “gimmick-free zone” pissed me off for a couple of potential reasons.
First the advertisers thought it would be a good idea to say “gimmick-free zone”, fully realizing that in saying thus it was, in fact, turning the entire store into a gimmick. Which would just bug the ever-living fuck out of me.
I want to shop at a place with food, not a slogan.
Or, what is more likely, their ad execs were too stupid to realize the cluster fuck they made in such a promotion.
Or a possible third option, also somewhat likely, the ad execs thought the buying public was too stupid to catch the logic flaw in a “gimmick-free zone”.
Either way I want to find the fucker responsibly for this travesty of a slogan and drown him in horse piss.
Ah well
-De
I was looking around amazon for some new reading material, nothing heavy, just some light fluffy, but enjoyable sci-fi/fantasy. I usually will go through the ‘others bought’ and read the synopsis & a couple good reviews & a couple bad reviews, just to see if it seems to be up my alley. So I stumble across this one review, the book received a rather low score for a popular author in the genre, so I was kinda curious as to why & was perusing away.
Anywho, I get to this one review, where the guy writes this tripe:
“How dare u people call ur selves XXXXX fans then bag out his latest book?!? Sure, it is not his greatest, but it is by XXXXX, and that counts for something. For goodness sake, it's a book one and setting up the storey for the next book. And enjoyable read for XXXXX fans, (if u dare call ur self that) and enjoyable read for those how are starting XXXXX, but this would not be the best book to start on. Sure, he repeats himself a little with storey line and all, but the characters are likeable and for goodness sake........IT'S BY XXXXX WHICH MAKES IT A DAMN FINE BOOK!!!”
now aside from the obvious conflict, having piss-poor grammar in a literary review, his only real argument for the book being good is that he is a fan of the author. Like there is some unwritten rule that in order to be a fan of something you give up the right to ever look at their work critically.
Hell, from that perspective, if you were a true fan of baskin-robins, then you would have to like every flavor ever made, or yet to come.
"HEY KIDS! New poop flavored ice cream, you’ve gotta like it cause you’re a fan of ice cream!!!"
Anyway the whole thing just bothered me so, I thought that I would share my ire.
And speaking of ire, this one is from a corporate stupidity; I went to my local grocery store for lunch today, and saw a big fucking sign on all their doors:
“You are now entering a gimmick-free zone.”
Now this one really pissed me off, especially being one that hates gimmicks. They are one of the lowest forms of advertising, glitz & flash used to sell inferior products to the bovine masses.
(the bovine masses piss me off for not demanding that more eloquent forms of advertising evolve. I still wouldn’t like advertising but at least it might be more entertaining.)
anyway, this “gimmick-free zone” pissed me off for a couple of potential reasons.
First the advertisers thought it would be a good idea to say “gimmick-free zone”, fully realizing that in saying thus it was, in fact, turning the entire store into a gimmick. Which would just bug the ever-living fuck out of me.
I want to shop at a place with food, not a slogan.
Or, what is more likely, their ad execs were too stupid to realize the cluster fuck they made in such a promotion.
Or a possible third option, also somewhat likely, the ad execs thought the buying public was too stupid to catch the logic flaw in a “gimmick-free zone”.
Either way I want to find the fucker responsibly for this travesty of a slogan and drown him in horse piss.
Ah well
-De
May 16, 2005
Shrinkage
So the trek to boston went well, for a fairly accurate rendition of what happened you can hop over to psichron’s spot. He summed it up pretty well.
this has been my third or fourth attempt to write beyond the intro, I’ve got some things I feel like spilling into the void, but the proper phrasing is escaping me. So I’m just gone forge on ahead, and if it’s non-sense so be it.
this weekend I met Frame, a decent bloke, down in boston. And somehow blogging came up. Now what was odd was that he had read this little corner of the web. It really brought home the fact that the world really is getting smaller. I had always been aware that, theoretically, through friends of friends & what not, that someday I might meet someone who had peered into this. Voyeurs into my world the same way I have voyeured into others. But it was strange, and strange in ways I have no idea how to verbalize (or what ever the writing equivalent is), but of course, i'll attempt.
It was simultaneously exciting & disappointing. Exciting because it proved to me that my words are being perused by people beyond my experience, making the world smaller & more accessible. and disappointing for the exact same reason, by bringing my words to people beyond my experience, the world becomes smaller and more accessible.
And I think that sums up my entire feeling on the entire state of the world today. The most exciting disappointing time to exist in. A world filled with endless possibilities, but they are all there for the taking.
All the exploration is either done through technology, hubble or deep sea robotics.
Or into areas that, though kind of nifty, don’t seem to have a excitement yield proportional to the work involved to get it, deep cave spelunkers for example.
Gone are the days when you could hop on a ship or horse, pick a direction and have a good chance to discover something not known to the collective knowledge. America was pretty much founded by people who had a spirit for exploration.
so as Darwin says, 'like father like son.', so I figure many americans have inherited the desire to explore, but there are no new frontiers, only distractions & entertainments. The world has shrunk to the size of a pinhead, & we’re all dancing upon it.
ah well
I still had a great time this weekend.
-De
this has been my third or fourth attempt to write beyond the intro, I’ve got some things I feel like spilling into the void, but the proper phrasing is escaping me. So I’m just gone forge on ahead, and if it’s non-sense so be it.
this weekend I met Frame, a decent bloke, down in boston. And somehow blogging came up. Now what was odd was that he had read this little corner of the web. It really brought home the fact that the world really is getting smaller. I had always been aware that, theoretically, through friends of friends & what not, that someday I might meet someone who had peered into this. Voyeurs into my world the same way I have voyeured into others. But it was strange, and strange in ways I have no idea how to verbalize (or what ever the writing equivalent is), but of course, i'll attempt.
It was simultaneously exciting & disappointing. Exciting because it proved to me that my words are being perused by people beyond my experience, making the world smaller & more accessible. and disappointing for the exact same reason, by bringing my words to people beyond my experience, the world becomes smaller and more accessible.
And I think that sums up my entire feeling on the entire state of the world today. The most exciting disappointing time to exist in. A world filled with endless possibilities, but they are all there for the taking.
All the exploration is either done through technology, hubble or deep sea robotics.
Or into areas that, though kind of nifty, don’t seem to have a excitement yield proportional to the work involved to get it, deep cave spelunkers for example.
Gone are the days when you could hop on a ship or horse, pick a direction and have a good chance to discover something not known to the collective knowledge. America was pretty much founded by people who had a spirit for exploration.
so as Darwin says, 'like father like son.', so I figure many americans have inherited the desire to explore, but there are no new frontiers, only distractions & entertainments. The world has shrunk to the size of a pinhead, & we’re all dancing upon it.
ah well
I still had a great time this weekend.
-De
May 12, 2005
Live Music
music has to be one of my favorite form of artistic expression to partake of, the only problem is i generally enjoy music that is not widely accepted by the mainstream so not many live shows that i want to see come to my area. however this next month is different, I’m going to see three shows, and I actually really want to see all of them. How strange, usually I’m lucky if I get to 1 show in 6months that I really want to see.
Tomorrow: Dresden dolls & NIN
June 4th: Mindless Self Indulgence (MSI)
June 12th: VNV Nation
I’ve actually seen all of these bands before, except for MSI and I know they all put on a good show, each in their own fashion. So this should be a fun bit of music enjoyment.
-De
Tomorrow: Dresden dolls & NIN
June 4th: Mindless Self Indulgence (MSI)
June 12th: VNV Nation
I’ve actually seen all of these bands before, except for MSI and I know they all put on a good show, each in their own fashion. So this should be a fun bit of music enjoyment.
-De
May 11, 2005
National Security Drill
So at the mall near where I work they did a ‘National Security Drill’. And I can see how protecting our nations malls is vital to national security. As we all know, above and beyond all others, the mall is the symbol of what it means to be american: low wages, little or no health insurance, food devoid of nutrition, price gouging, low quality goods, conformity to mediocrity, rent-a-cops & video games.
I for one feel more secure knowing that should WWIII commence my government will be protecting what I hold dear, the ability to shop for name brand goods. At last our government has taken heed of the lessons to be garnered from ‘the dawn of the dead’ movies. That malls are the only hope for american life to continue as we know it, a last bastion of our culture when it all goes to hell. I’m glad that they skipped past such things as schools, business centers, downtown areas, areas that no terrorist would pay attention to, since an assault on our malls is an assault on our way of life.
/sarcasm
seriously though, I could not be less concerned with terrorism.
But I think it’s funny that the first drill they do is to protect a mall. and who really thinks doing a drill in a mall is going to prepare them for something actually happening?
In an actual event some people who are trained can’t handle it, yet other ‘civilians’ jump into the frey to help out however they can.
For the drill they were pretending that a bomb threat was called in; when was the last time a bomb threat was called in, and a bomb actually there?
Come on people, a bomb scare is a big ass BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
Followed by screaming, dust & blood.
This whole thing was staged more for the benefit for an ignorant public that thinks ‘hey they’re doing drills, they’re prepared to keep me safe!’
fuck that noise, as soon as you can explain how sears relates to national security I’ll buy it.
Grrr, I hate stupidity.
-De
I for one feel more secure knowing that should WWIII commence my government will be protecting what I hold dear, the ability to shop for name brand goods. At last our government has taken heed of the lessons to be garnered from ‘the dawn of the dead’ movies. That malls are the only hope for american life to continue as we know it, a last bastion of our culture when it all goes to hell. I’m glad that they skipped past such things as schools, business centers, downtown areas, areas that no terrorist would pay attention to, since an assault on our malls is an assault on our way of life.
/sarcasm
seriously though, I could not be less concerned with terrorism.
But I think it’s funny that the first drill they do is to protect a mall. and who really thinks doing a drill in a mall is going to prepare them for something actually happening?
In an actual event some people who are trained can’t handle it, yet other ‘civilians’ jump into the frey to help out however they can.
For the drill they were pretending that a bomb threat was called in; when was the last time a bomb threat was called in, and a bomb actually there?
Come on people, a bomb scare is a big ass BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
Followed by screaming, dust & blood.
This whole thing was staged more for the benefit for an ignorant public that thinks ‘hey they’re doing drills, they’re prepared to keep me safe!’
fuck that noise, as soon as you can explain how sears relates to national security I’ll buy it.
Grrr, I hate stupidity.
-De
May 10, 2005
Evil 616, Fear it.
So as many of you may already know 666 is not the number of the beast, just a neighbor, maybe 666 is on the same block, maybe the next block up from 616 the true number of the beast (who most likely went by the name Nero). This just makes me laugh, anyone else remember televangelists rambling about the # of the beast? Well, they were all spooked by satan’s neighbor. All the proofs that bush, or prince charles’ were the anti-christ because of the tie to 666, proven bullshit. Thousands of metal-heads saluting stan devin, up the street from el Diablo. Of course, I sincerely doubt that any religious head will admit that they’ve been duped from poor translations of their holy books. That would mean they might have to critically look at the whole thing to see what else was mis-translated. And that could bring into question the entire christian faith’s doctrine. If the christian doctrines do incorporate the new number they will most probably ignore the idea that if they were wrong on this interpretation then they are probably wrong on MUCH more. Ah well, at least the official church of satan id taking it well
"satanists responded coolly to the new 'Revelation'. Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan, based in New York, said: 'By using 666 we're using something that the Christians fear. Mind you, if they do switch to 616 being the number of the beast then we'll start using that.'"
out
-De
"satanists responded coolly to the new 'Revelation'. Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan, based in New York, said: 'By using 666 we're using something that the Christians fear. Mind you, if they do switch to 616 being the number of the beast then we'll start using that.'"
out
-De
May 04, 2005
May 03, 2005
Disjointed Ramblings
It is incredibly hard to willingly descend into madness. To allow, or to force, consciously a sane mind (well, relatively sane) to break into a thousand shards, pieces that cannot be reassembled. I can’t go crazy. Not through mere will alone. And I think that many people try and drive themselves mad, often through artificial artifices. Things like excessive drug, or alcohol use, self destructive habits that batter & abuse their bodies, all in search of the pristine moment of illumination as you sit, for that brief moment straddling sanity & insanity. A moment that all becomes clear, before fracturing into incomprehension.
Madness was thought, by many cultures, to be the result of having seen the face of god or a god, but maybe it is the ultimate face of man. The prophets are often referred to as mad, having seen the face of god, they then spoke that we were in his image. When really all they saw was the ultimate face of man.
Descending into madness is not an easy thing to do. though many would likely already call me mad, I have never entered into a world shadowed by illusion. Tipping over the edge of reality, it just sounds oodles of fun. All reason & responsibility lost.
I look at the world around me and, for the overwhelming portion, I want nothing to do with the species that I share a genetic heritage with. I don’t like people. I don’t like what they do to the world around them, I don’t like what they do to each other, I don’t like that I am just as much a part of the degrading system.
What is the nature of man? I don’t understand the TV nation. I don’t understand the entertainment juggernaut. I don’t understand the political Hyde. I don’t understand the religious hypocrisy. Not what they are, but how they became. Having nostalgia for an age that never was, in a country that never existed.
People can do great things if they put their minds to it, but from my perception of the world they seem more inclined to commit atrocities, and try to convince the world that it was an altruistically motivated event.
It’s not a war in iraq, it’s protecting the poor Iraqis right to a democracy. It’s not discrimination against gays, it’s protecting marriage. They’re not removing our personal freedoms, they are protecting us from mad terrorists. They’re not destroying the environment, they’re protecting jobs. They’re not reducing freedom of speech, they’re protecting the children.
You know what, fuck off with your protecting these things.
If Iraqis wanted democracy they would have revolted. Marriage is a word, a definition, not a person who can’t defend themselves. Our freedom is what you say the terrorists wanted to take away, so you are not protecting us from them, you are becoming them. People can get other jobs & other industries will rise up. Parents are supposed to protect children, don’t punish me because they don’t.
ah, well...
-De
Madness was thought, by many cultures, to be the result of having seen the face of god or a god, but maybe it is the ultimate face of man. The prophets are often referred to as mad, having seen the face of god, they then spoke that we were in his image. When really all they saw was the ultimate face of man.
Descending into madness is not an easy thing to do. though many would likely already call me mad, I have never entered into a world shadowed by illusion. Tipping over the edge of reality, it just sounds oodles of fun. All reason & responsibility lost.
I look at the world around me and, for the overwhelming portion, I want nothing to do with the species that I share a genetic heritage with. I don’t like people. I don’t like what they do to the world around them, I don’t like what they do to each other, I don’t like that I am just as much a part of the degrading system.
What is the nature of man? I don’t understand the TV nation. I don’t understand the entertainment juggernaut. I don’t understand the political Hyde. I don’t understand the religious hypocrisy. Not what they are, but how they became. Having nostalgia for an age that never was, in a country that never existed.
People can do great things if they put their minds to it, but from my perception of the world they seem more inclined to commit atrocities, and try to convince the world that it was an altruistically motivated event.
It’s not a war in iraq, it’s protecting the poor Iraqis right to a democracy. It’s not discrimination against gays, it’s protecting marriage. They’re not removing our personal freedoms, they are protecting us from mad terrorists. They’re not destroying the environment, they’re protecting jobs. They’re not reducing freedom of speech, they’re protecting the children.
You know what, fuck off with your protecting these things.
If Iraqis wanted democracy they would have revolted. Marriage is a word, a definition, not a person who can’t defend themselves. Our freedom is what you say the terrorists wanted to take away, so you are not protecting us from them, you are becoming them. People can get other jobs & other industries will rise up. Parents are supposed to protect children, don’t punish me because they don’t.
ah, well...
-De
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